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Prosecutors urge suspension of Amazon carbon projects, citing Mongabay investigation

Hopes and fears for the Amazon: Interview with botanist Hans ter Steege

Activists fear supercharged ‘business as usual’ under Indonesia’s new president

Brazil calls for ambition at COP but struggles over its own climate policy

Study shows, via clouded leopards, how to better protect forests

New Canadian-backed potash mine under fire from Amazon Indigenous groups

Brazil researchers boost timber traceability with new chemical analysis

JBS broke its own rules while buying cattle from deforested areas in Pantanal

Action against forest biomass subsidies gains momentum at COP16

Indonesia biomass zone for Japan and S. Korea energy razes rainforest in Sulawesi

Carbon markets must recognize Indigenous ‘high forest, low deforestation’ areas (commentary)

New survey puts human face on pollution caused by U.S. wood pellet mills

Deforestation plunges but environmental threats remain as Colombia hosts COP16

Cambodian logging syndicate tied to major U.S. wood flooring supply chains

Revealed: Biomass firm poised to clear Bornean rainforest for dubious ‘green’ energy

Extreme drought wrecks rivers and daily life in Amazon’s most burnt Indigenous land

Amazon voters elect environmental offenders and climate denialists in Brazil

Delay of EU Deforestation Regulation may ‘be excuse to gut law,’ activists fear

Angkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally

‘World’s largest’ carbon credit deal in the Amazon faces bumpy road ahead

Collagen and meat giants fuel deforestation and rights violations in Paraguay: Report

New conservation model calls for protecting Amazon for its archaeological riches

Past failures can’t stop Indonesia from clearing forests, Indigenous lands for farms

Brazil dredges Amazon rivers to ease drought isolation, raising environmental concerns

Cambodian environment minister bans logging at tycoon’s Cardamoms hydropower project

‘We need white men on our side to save the Amazon from destruction,’ 92-year-old Indigenous Chief Raoni says

Aluminum and steel vital to energy transition, but need circular solutions

Report exposes meatpackers’ role in recent chemical deforestation in Brazil

Aluminum and steel take environment and health toll, even as demand grows

How the Brazilian military sabotaged protection of Indigenous people in the Amazon

Extreme drought pushes Amazon’s main rivers to lowest-ever levels

Resilient and resourceful, Brazil’s illegal gold capital resists government crackdown

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